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Old 18th January 2005, 11:16 AM
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Well, I'm trialling a ratings method at the moment and yesterday I used both the Tas Tab ratings and Ozeform ratings to do a comparison.

I rated 7 races, although the two at Murwullimbah were abandoned. In the other 5 races, between the two sets of ratings, I found the winner of all of them in the top or equal top rated horses. Using Ozeform, I had the three shorter priced winners rated on top whereas the Tas ratings had them 2nd, 3rd or 4th. However, using the Tas ratings, I had Swan Hill 5-10 Mer Bebe rated on top and it paid $16 for the win. I also had Swan Hill 7-7 Most Handsome equal top rated and it paid $12. In Mer Bebe's race, Ozeform had Number 3 rated on top. It finished 3rd and an any 2 bet on those two horses paid $156. Very nice!

Importantly, the Tas tab ratings rate EVERY race, unlike Ozeform. The race that Most Handsome won last start which had it up the top was not even rated on Ozeform. Very frustrating to see a figure of 0.0 next to quite a few country races. Also, it's MUCH slower using Ozeform to get the ratings.

One thing that found them both out however was Lookout in the Moruya Cup. It had won at Canterbury on Friday, and neither site had updated the form and rating for that run. So I had to make a judgement myself on it's rating for that run. Personally, I thought it was a pretty good thing in the race, despite the extra 2.5kgs hcp it received.
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